Explain why cost-benefit analysis is able to provide an answer as to whether a project is desirable or not, whereas other methods tend to produce more ambiguous results.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Cost-benefit analysis reduces all the costs and benefits of public programs to a single economic dimension, whereas other forms of analysis may produce confusion because of the lack of a common standard of comparison.

Political Science

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The major source of power for the Senate majority leader is ______.

a. control over the choice of committee chairs b. the strict party discipline expected of members in floor voting c. the ability to put holds on legislation favored by individual members d. influence over the scheduling of legislation for floor consideration

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